Gradient estimates for some diffusion semigroups

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 593-612

  Picard, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elliptic diffusions; Gradient estimates; Harmonic functions; Harmonic maps; Hypoelliptic diffusions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036012941     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004400100185     Document Type: Article

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